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The freshly cut ears

The freshly cut ears… ~ В холодных переливах лир...
written by Osip Mandelstam

PD ⁽¹⁾

^[1]. From Poems of Various Years . See also Poems. Translated from Russian by A. S. Kline. The source: www.tonykline.co.uk.

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The freshly cut ears
of wheat lie in level rows:
slim, trembling fingers press close
to slender quivering fingers.

1909

↑ Fragment (the 4th stanza) of a poem В холодных переливах лир... It was printed separately in a few 1st publications (1970—71). In the letters by Osip Mandelstam sent from Heidelberg to Vyacheslav Ivanov and Maximilian Voloshin in October/November 1909.

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